The Ringer

Lucy is Amelia's ringer. She completely copies everything she does. If Amelia gets naked...Lucy does, if Amelia needs a plaster .. Lucy does! She will copy what Amelia says , especially if it has made Duncan and I laugh. We call he a ringer and her standard response is 'No, you is a ringer!'

She is so desperate to be just like her sister - I dont know what she will do when Amelia goes to school in September :(

We went to Alison's work the other day to see all the animals. It was AMAZING! Chinchillas, mice, rtas, hamsters, hedgegogs, degas, fish, turtles, snakes, lizards, geckos, chameleons, baby tortoises, a monitor lizard, a iguana, chickes, ducks, turkeys, geese, guinea pigs, wallabys and goats! The girls just loved it! They held and stroked everything they could - Amelia was just fearless so her little ringer joined in too! They held all the soft, furry animals first, then fed lots of fish and moved into the reptile room, next thing I know, Amelia is holding two baby tortoises, one for each of them!! They loved them and kept sitting with them on their laps. They held and stroked snakes and then we saw the bearded dragons, who were just fabulous. We gave them a bath (one of them pooed - Lucys fave bit of the day!!) and had them out for ages. The Alison got out her monitor Lizard, Roxy who was just beautiful. She got her lead out and we took her outside!! But she then managed to slip her lead in a pile of breeze blocks .. queue a lot of lifting and pulling before a naughty Roxy was found and put safely away! We then saw most of the outside animals, though we didnt have time to see the rabbits and chinchillas, or we would have been there for another hour!! Alison couldnt believe how fearless the girls were - they were happy to touch and hold (and sometimes kiss!) everything!! It was so fabulous for the girls as they really got to interact with and see the animals properly by touching them. Amelia cant believe that Alison works there - she wants to work there too!! It really was brilliant!